My name is Neo.... I mean Lincoln

Rating: 2/10 (5 April 2013)

This is a dreadful film. I don't know if it was always dreadful or if it's just aged badly in the last 7-8 years but in 2013 (where apparently we'd be half way to having flying trains), it was garbage.
First off, the plot is a mish mash of rip offs from other films, visually in particular a complete rip off of The Matrix. This film wishes it was The Matrix though; rather it's The Matrix if it was written for Nicholas Cage.
Everything gets explained about 3 times, when really none of it needs explaining because it's so blatantly obvious. The cast for some reason speak the action as if it's a film for the blind.
Run! He's coming! I need to swing around for another shot! Oh, he missed! Go! Go! We need to run!
All unbelievably boring and obviously full of chase scenes in which things explode for absolutely no reason. My (least) favourite being when a massive truck did a cartwheel because it drove into a giant dumbbell.
And just on the date, why did they set it in 2019? This always confuses me about sci-fi films. This one in particular is set just 14 years into the future from the filming date, yet they have flying trains and bikes and the ability to clone humans since, apparently 2015. In the real world, an extension to the London-Manchester-Leeds, non-flying railway got announced and that won't be ready until 2030. 20 years. I mean seriously, just set it in 2060 or something.
Just as for the title of my review, I can't believe they actually said "My name is Lincoln", during a climactic fight scene with the bad guy. Seriously? Whoever wrote/ripped off this script and entire plot must have no shame. Just that one line knocked this down another point from a 3/10 to a 2/10. Still, they probably got paid a fair whack, so if people really don't care, fair play to them, I suppose. How this film's user review first page is full of good reviews though, I have no idea.